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boygeniusreport.com - 10/31/2008

The real reason the BlackBerry Storm doesn’t have Wi-Fi or tri-band HSDPA

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You might have guessed it, but the reason is Verizon! We confirmed this a little while back with one of our really top-level sources (you know who you are!) and they did, in fact, confirm our suspicions — Verizon said hell to the no, we don’t play that up in here! Now, before the ...

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SlashGear — ... Incidentally, The BGR has done some digging with their sources at Verizon and confirmed that yes, it’s that carrier’s fault that the BlackBerry Storm has neither tri-band HSDPA nor WiFi.  Begin penning angry letters now. ...

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